PYSO Alumni named winners of TMC Scholarships
Congratulations to this year’s winners of Tuesday Musical Club Scholarships that include three alumni of PYSO! Devin Moore James Cunningham Devin Lai Kudos to five more current/former PYSO members that received honorable mention! Christopher Jasiewicz Geoffrey...
The Vivo String Quartet wins the American Prize in Chamber Music Performance, 2019-20, (high school division)
The Vivo String Quartet, members of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra and students of North Allegheny High School, was composed in 2019-20 of violinists Enoch Hsiao (now a freshman in University of Massachusetts at Amherst, double majoring in Computer Science...
PYSO Sweeps North Allegheny Senior High Orchestra Awards
North Allegheny Senior High recently announced the winners of three awards they give out every year for the orchestra graduating students. This year the winners selected among approximately 100 seniors are ALL PYSO members! Read below to hear about the awards and...
Alum Spotlight: Edward Schultz
We recently heard from alum, Edward Schultz, who played flute with PYSO from 1969-1972. Here’s what he had to say about his time with PYSO. “I fondly remember my good friends in the flute section, and a wonderful trip to Lausanne, Switzerland as my final...
Quartets in Quarantine: PYSO Alum Holds Virtual Master Class
Devin Moore is currently a junior at Juilliard majoring in viola performance, but before Julliard, Devin was a member of Symphonette, YPO, YC2, PYSO, and more; and served as principal viola for PYSO during his senior year. Devin was this week’s guest for YC2’s...
Virtual PYSO Update
This past Sunday PYSO Music Director continued his virtual meetings with PYSO Students, FaceTiming with two cello players and an oboist. He met with Sophie Meloy (this is her first season with PYSO) who has been working on the...
Young PYSO Alum and NYO2
Charlie Loh who played violin with PYSO from 2011 to 2014 has been accepted into NYO2! What is NYO2? Outstanding young American instrumentalists form NYO2, a free orchestra program that comes together alongside NYO-USA and NYO Jazz each...
Miró Quartet and the Beethoven String Quartets
In this podcast from WQED, which aired on March 11, Jim Cunningham interviews PYSO alumnus Joshua Gindele (cello 1989 to 1994) whose father Jerry was also a long-time member of the PYSO Board of Directors and served as President. Joshua Gindele...
PYSO continues to make music…
Despite the stay at home orders most of us are needing to follow because of the current health implications of COVID-19, PYSO Music Director has offered up his time to meet with students virtually! Using FaceTime or SKYPE Earl met on Sunday evening (during...
Alum David Singer Shares his PYSO Experience
Recently we heard from PYSO Alum, David Singer. Mr. Singer was a member PYSO from 1966-1970 and played principal clarinet. He is now retired, after 40+ years in Public School Education, as a k-post secondary teacher and a school principal. During that time he...